Sulfhydryl-disulfide modulation and the role of disulfide oxidoreductases in regulation of the catalytic activity of nitric oxide synthase in pulmonary artery endothelial cells

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
J M Patel, E R Block

Abstract

The role of sulfhydryl groups (SH) and disulfide bonds as well as disulfide oxidoreductases in regulation of the catalytic activity of the membrane-bound constitutive isoform of nitric oxide (NO) synthase from porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAEC) was examined. Treatment of intact PAEC or a total membrane preparation isolated from PAEC with the SH alkylating agent N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) (10 to 50 microM) or with the intramolecular disulfide-forming agent diamide (20 to 100 microM) resulted in the reduction of NO synthase activity in a dose-dependent fashion. Similar loss of enzyme activity was observed when purified NO synthase from the membrane fraction of PAEC was incubated in the presence of NEM. The loss of membrane protein SH content from NEM- and diamide-treated preparations was associated with loss of NO synthase activity. In contrast, when intact PAEC or isolated total membranes derived from PAEC were treated with increasing concentrations (1 to 5 mM) of the disulfide-reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT), but not oxidized DTT, NO synthase activity was increased by 20 to 85%. DTT reduction of native disulfides from NEM-treated preparations or of disulfides formed after diamide treatment of membranes reversed t...Continue Reading

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